Russia Ready for Talks With New Ukraine President

5/26/2014 10:51AM

Russia said Monday that it is ready to engage in dialogue with Petro Poroshenko, the pro-European presumptive winner of Ukraine's presidential election, signalling it will accept the outcome. WSJ's Paul Sonne reports from Kiev.

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